Mac OS or Plastic Text - Paint Shop Pro (PSP) Tutorial

Mac/MacOS/Plastic Paint Shop Pro (PSP) tutorial

The very first tutorial on making Mac / MacOS / Plastic text in PSP! I thought it could only be done in Photoshop until I started experimenting. Here is my method for PSP! The first 3 steps were inspired by Robouk . This tutorial was written for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 7, but can probably be used for other versions as well.

		Create a new image , 800x800 with a white background. Click on the text tool , and create the letter or letters you want to add the effect to. Make it big. I used Times New Roman at 1000pt. Make sure there is no stroke, and the fill is the color #186AAF. Create it as a vector and click ok. When you have moved it to the center go to Layers \| Convert to Raster Layer . Name this layer "text". Using the magic wand , select the text, and go to Selections \| Save as Alpha Channel , and press ok twice. Keep the selection active.

		Now create a new raster layer , and name it highlight. With the selection still active, go to Selections \| Modify \| Contract and enter 16. Using the flood fill , fill the selection with white. Now press Ctrl-D to deselect. Next, go to Effects \| Blur \| Gaussian Blur , and enter 16. Then do the same thing, but this time enter 8. Now change your layers blending mode to dodge, and the opacity to 60.

		Next, create a new raster layer and name it "screen". Load the selection of the text by going to Selections \| Load from Alpha Channel . Using the fill tool , fill the text with light gray, or #C0C0C0. Next, feather the selection by going to Selections \| Modify \| Feather , and enter 8. After that, go to Effects \| 3D Effects \| Cutout , and enter these settings .

		With the selection still active and working on the same layer, make your foreground color white, and your background color dark gray (#808080). Now go to Effects \| Artistic Effects \| Hot Wax Coating . Now do it again so you have applied that effect twice.

		Now, with the selection still active, go to Colors \| Adjust \| Brightness/Contrast , and enter the brightness at -80, and the contrast at 0. It should now be dark gray. Next, on the layer you have been working on(the screen layer), set the blending mode to Screen. Last, to smooth it out, go to Effects \| Blur \| Gaussian Blur , and enter a value of 2. Deselect, and go to the last step.

		Last step! Click on the "text" layer, and go to Effects \| 3D Effects \| Drop Shadow . Enter these settings . Done at last! If you have any questions or comments be sure to e-mail me at kingzasz25@netscape.net. Keep experimenting with the screen layer. Add chrome, more hot wax, etc. Remember, the darker the gray, the brighter the blue shows through.
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awesome text effect!!
thx for the tut:)

Teri

Posted by Teri on Saturday, 06.5.04 @ 11:32am | #70

Step 2 when you instruct to change blending mode to dodge - layers shoudl be layer's if you mean one layer. if you dodge all layers the image disappears. this could confuse people- (i was for a while)
other wise this is a good tutorial

Posted by Mary on Monday, 06.7.04 @ 02:35am | #83

Aswome tut!

Work really weel for my PSP8

Posted by Mike M on Monday, 08.23.04 @ 09:44pm | #141

Umm i had a lotta trouble trying to work it out on PSP 8 (maybe because im not so advanced). It would be nice if you could make the same tut for PSP 8.

Posted by PSP Addict on Wednesday, 08.25.04 @ 01:36am | #143

Very good one. I am currently readin a lot of tutorials because I am planning to write a good book about PSP.

Posted by Alex (none)on Monday, 09.20.04 @ 10:53am | #175

Great! I used it on PSP 9!! Worked, except some of the settings are moved a little bit.

Posted by ... (n/a)on Thursday, 12.30.04 @ 07:01pm | #255

Great tutorial. Some settings have moved around on PSP9 but very effective!

Posted by Rob on Sunday, 03.20.05 @ 05:06pm | #419

Very effective tutorial! The end result is very nice. Thx.

Posted by Vance on Thursday, 03.24.05 @ 05:02am | #426

awesome tutorial! though the drop shadow looks bad when I do it but withiut it it looks great anyways.

Posted by dude on Monday, 04.11.05 @ 01:55am | #445

great tutorial! I tried using it on psp8 and it worked great!

Posted by Hilary on Saturday, 05.28.05 @ 08:41pm | #552

1000pt. Make sure there is no stroke, and the fill is the color #186AAF

If anyone can tell me how to use/set fill color to the above - thanks !!!

There is no explaining even in PSP... I looked.

Posted by Eric on Saturday, 06.4.05 @ 07:51am | #557

Excellent tutorial :) Nice and easy to follow with very cool results

Posted by Shane Hancock on Thursday, 02.2.06 @ 11:13pm | #813

Love it! Thanks for sharing all these next effects! /;]

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		Create a new image , 800x800 with a white background. Click on the text tool , and create the letter or letters you want to add the effect to. Make it big. I used Times New Roman at 1000pt. Make sure there is no stroke, and the fill is the color #186AAF. Create it as a vector and click ok. When you have moved it to the center go to Layers \| Convert to Raster Layer . Name this layer "text". Using the magic wand , select the text, and go to Selections \| Save as Alpha Channel , and press ok twice. Keep the selection active.

		Now create a new raster layer , and name it highlight. With the selection still active, go to Selections \| Modify \| Contract and enter 16. Using the flood fill , fill the selection with white. Now press Ctrl-D to deselect. Next, go to Effects \| Blur \| Gaussian Blur , and enter 16. Then do the same thing, but this time enter 8. Now change your layers blending mode to dodge, and the opacity to 60.

		Next, create a new raster layer and name it "screen". Load the selection of the text by going to Selections \| Load from Alpha Channel . Using the fill tool , fill the text with light gray, or #C0C0C0. Next, feather the selection by going to Selections \| Modify \| Feather , and enter 8. After that, go to Effects \| 3D Effects \| Cutout , and enter these settings .

		With the selection still active and working on the same layer, make your foreground color white, and your background color dark gray (#808080). Now go to Effects \| Artistic Effects \| Hot Wax Coating . Now do it again so you have applied that effect twice.

		Now, with the selection still active, go to Colors \| Adjust \| Brightness/Contrast , and enter the brightness at -80, and the contrast at 0. It should now be dark gray. Next, on the layer you have been working on(the screen layer), set the blending mode to Screen. Last, to smooth it out, go to Effects \| Blur \| Gaussian Blur , and enter a value of 2. Deselect, and go to the last step.

		Last step! Click on the "text" layer, and go to Effects \| 3D Effects \| Drop Shadow . Enter these settings . Done at last! If you have any questions or comments be sure to e-mail me at kingzasz25@netscape.net. Keep experimenting with the screen layer. Add chrome, more hot wax, etc. Remember, the darker the gray, the brighter the blue shows through.
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